Re: Loss of Win32::SerialPort
You're correct on both counts: use Win32::API; causes the same crash, and I didn't remove 5.6 before installing 5.8. What's the best way to recover? I.E., how do I remove the whole mess and do a clean install of 5.8? Many thanks, Dave Ressler - Original Message - From: Sisyphus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Friend [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Perl List perl-win32-users@listserv.ActiveState.com Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 10:09 PM Subject: Re: Loss of Win32::SerialPort Friend wrote: I upgraded to 5.8.6 and suddenly the statement use Win32::SerialPort; crashes Perl with no error message (it creates a Dr. Watson log that I can't read). Worked fine before the upgrade. What happened, and what do I have to do to get it working again? Dunno - perhaps it's Win32::API (used by Win32::SerialPort) that's producing the error. If that's the case then I would expect that use Win32::API should produce the same error. Does that happen ? What version of perl were you running prior to the upgrade ? If it was one of the 5.6.* builds, then you need to remove that old build completely before updating. If it was just an earlier 5.8.* build then that shouldn't be necessary. Cheers, Rob ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
Re: Loss of Win32::SerialPort
Friend wrote: You're correct on both counts: use Win32::API; causes the same crash, and I didn't remove 5.6 before installing 5.8. What's the best way to recover? I.E., how do I remove the whole mess and do a clean install of 5.8? Not sure. ActiveState installations mess with the Registry, and I don't want to give advice that could leave the registry all screwed up. Maybe if you just delete the entire perl directory, then re-install perl 5.8.6 to the same (original) location everything will be fine that seems reasonable to me but I still worry about that bloody registry :-) The only problem you'll have is with additional modules that you installed for perl 5.6. Anything that ships as standard with AS perl will have been overwritten in the upgrade and will be ok - and any pure perl modules will also be ok. So, alternatively, it's just a matter of replacing any modules that don't fit into either of those 2 categories with the appropriate version. For Win32-API, the following should do the trick: ppm install Win32-API -force Cheers, Rob ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
Re: Loss of Win32::SerialPort
I re-installed Win32-API and everything's now working fine. Thanks for the help. Dave - Original Message - From: Sisyphus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Friend [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Perl List perl-win32-users@listserv.ActiveState.com Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 9:42 AM Subject: Re: Loss of Win32::SerialPort Friend wrote: You're correct on both counts: use Win32::API; causes the same crash, and I didn't remove 5.6 before installing 5.8. What's the best way to recover? I.E., how do I remove the whole mess and do a clean install of 5.8? Not sure. ActiveState installations mess with the Registry, and I don't want to give advice that could leave the registry all screwed up. Maybe if you just delete the entire perl directory, then re-install perl 5.8.6 to the same (original) location everything will be fine that seems reasonable to me but I still worry about that bloody registry :-) The only problem you'll have is with additional modules that you installed for perl 5.6. Anything that ships as standard with AS perl will have been overwritten in the upgrade and will be ok - and any pure perl modules will also be ok. So, alternatively, it's just a matter of replacing any modules that don't fit into either of those 2 categories with the appropriate version. For Win32-API, the following should do the trick: ppm install Win32-API -force Cheers, Rob ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
Re: Loss of Win32::SerialPort
Friend wrote: I upgraded to 5.8.6 and suddenly the statement use Win32::SerialPort; crashes Perl with no error message (it creates a Dr. Watson log that I can't read). Worked fine before the upgrade. What happened, and what do I have to do to get it working again? Dunno - perhaps it's Win32::API (used by Win32::SerialPort) that's producing the error. If that's the case then I would expect that use Win32::API should produce the same error. Does that happen ? What version of perl were you running prior to the upgrade ? If it was one of the 5.6.* builds, then you need to remove that old build completely before updating. If it was just an earlier 5.8.* build then that shouldn't be necessary. Cheers, Rob ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
